Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1990
Number of Full Stomachs : 894
Number of Hauls: 111

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	21.97	15.00	48.87
Misc Worm	17.65	9.00	19.06
Bivalvia	14.09	7.00	27.19
Gammaridea	10.32	26.00	49.75
Crangonidae (shrimp)	5.43	1.00	4.85
Sand Dollar	5.22	5.00	13.84
Chionoecetes spp.	3.83	3.00	8.03
Brittle Star	3.49	9.00	14.71
Paguridae	2.80	1.00	5.76
Sea Cucumber	2.72	2.00	4.30
Euphausiacea	1.60	1.00	4.72
Opilio Crab	1.60	0.00	2.51
Walleye pollock	1.60	0.00	1.38
Tunicate	1.50	2.00	4.73
Cumacea	0.94	5.00	16.23
Cottid	0.65	0.00	0.53
Misc Anomura	0.49	0.00	0.23
Misc Shrimp	0.45	0.00	1.45
Ammodytidae	0.36	0.00	0.20
Tanner Crab	0.35	0.00	0.85
Cnidaria	0.30	0.00	0.64
Gastropod	0.29	0.00	1.02
Mysidacea	0.22	0.00	1.58
Offal	0.22	0.00	0.13
Pteropoda	0.21	0.00	0.30
Capreillidea	0.17	0.00	0.83
Misc Gadidae	0.14	0.00	0.18
Misc Crab	0.10	0.00	0.20
Misc Org	0.09	0.00	0.28
Misc Majidae	0.07	0.00	0.83
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.05	0.00	0.09
Misc Teleost	0.05	0.00	0.41
Hyperiidea	0.05	0.00	0.64
Misc Mollusca	0.04	0.00	0.10
Misc Flatfish	0.04	0.00	0.13
Misc Crustacea	0.02	0.00	0.91
Chaetognatha	0.02	0.00	0.11
Cancridea	0.01	0.00	0.10
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.01	0.00	0.13
Misc Echinoderm	0.00	0.00	0.29

Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1990

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